News & Updates and Special Discounts

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News, Events and Announcements

Physical Activity Challenge

The Challenge is on!

 

Click on the links below to get information on ERSRI and RIRSA

 

Special Discounts

Various companies and organizations throughout the region regularly contact Human Resources and offer special discounts on their products and services to University employees.

Listed below are the current offers.

Please contact Dawn Smith at 874-5567 with any questions.


Weight Watchers at Work

at least 15 enrollees are needed to have a Weight Watchers at Work program

please contact Laura Kenerson or Dawn Smith at 874-5567 for more information

State Employee Wellness Initiative Gym Discounts

 

AT&T Discount

AT&T offers URI employees a special discount on their monthly voice and data plans. Employees are eligible to receive 15% off qualified plans. Existing AT&T phone numbers can be enrolled in the program by visiting www.wireless.att.com/discounts and using your URI  email address to validate the account. If you are considering switching to AT&T, or have any questions about the program, you can contact Brian Krause at brian.j.krause@att.com or visit AT&T @ 6670 Post Road, North Kingstown, RI (or www. http://www.att.com/storelocator/) and mention discount code 3737780. 

AT&T also has a corporate account set up for URI needs.  Please direct any inquiries regarding that plan to Brian directly.

 

A 10% discount is offered to URI State of RI employees on anything except textbooks at the
URI Kingston bookstore located in the Memorial Union.

 

A 10% discount is offered to URI State of RI employees on anything except textbooks at the Coastal Institute Bookstore at Narragansett Bay Campus.

 

River Bend Athletic Club

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers

Verizon Wireless Discount

up to a 15% discount is available to employees for Verizon Wireless services. Visit www.vzw.com/ryl (it stands for register your line). Or you can call 866-456-7892. The group is called RI Dept Administration

 

Sprint Discount

University of Rhode Island employees now receive a 23% discount on their Sprint Nextel bills.  To setup new service with waived activation fees, order phone upgrades, get discounted accessories, or just apply the discount to your existing plan, please visit www.evpdiscount.com/URI or call 1-888-457-6294 for more information.  The contact in the EVP is Andrew and he can also be reached via email at andrew@evpdiscount.com

T-Mobile USA

The listings above do not imply any form of endorsement by the University of Rhode Island for the products or services of these organizations.